Sonnet 116
Shakespeare’s timeless definition of love that ‘alters not’ — with analysis of form, argument, and philosophical depth.
Theme
3 poems
Shakespeare’s timeless definition of love that ‘alters not’ — with analysis of form, argument, and philosophical depth.
Written for Maud Gonne when Yeats was in his twenties, this three-quatrain lyric asks the beloved to picture herself old by the fire — and to see, too late, that one man loved her soul rather than her beauty.
Teasdale’s classic love lyric balancing the hunger to yield with the need to remain oneself.